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From the creator of the acclaimed The Gods Lie comes Kaori Ozaki's latest series! Winter of junior year. Not quite able to become adults, we couldn’t stay as we were as children, either. Our tale explores a group of teenagers and their impatience and rebirth. “They say if you write down your wish, bury it under Sheep Tower and then dig it up after 7 years and 7 months, your wish will come true…” Tsugu Miikura, a high schooler who loves to play guitar, due to family circumstances, moved away from the rural town where she had spent her childhood. After several years, she’s back in her old hometown. She reunites with her childhood friends—Sora, Yuushin, and Asari—the friends she’d buried a time capsule with back in elementary school. Tsugu is overjoyed to be with her friends once more, but the bonds that she thought would never change have in fact started to grow major cracks...

From the creator of the acclaimed The Gods Lie comes Kaori Ozaki's latest series! After rumors start to spread at school that Tsugu and Sora have run off together to Tokyo, Asari tries to get closer to Yuushin. Yuushin, having lost his living punching bag, is left with aimless aggression, until he asks his coach to let him take the pro boxing test. In Tokyo, the old friends collide and painful truths are laid bare...

It's summer and Natsuru has just turned 11. But everything is going wrong. His mom won't let him keep a pet. His soccer team has changed coaches. The girls in his class are ignoring him. And his single-parent home has become lonesome since his mom is busy with work.

From the creator of the acclaimed "The God's Lie", comes Kaori Ozaki's latest series! Tsugu and Sora ran away from home, Yuushin took on the challenging professional boxer test, and Asari broke off ties with the girls in her class... Nothing is turning out the way they’d hoped. Even in the face of such painful headwinds, they continue their restless adolescent journey...

Where do you belong? On the edge of death and danger, to feel life flowing through you? Can you find shelter in a space not meant for you? When new people move into your life, will there still be enough room left for you? From the author of The Gods Lie and The Golden Sheep. Mermaid Prince explores such complex themes in a series of short stories that highlight the beauty, wonder, pain, and loneliness that can come from feeling adrift in the world, as well as the joy that can accompany finding your own anchor amidst the seas of change. A Prince Out of Water Mugi is a big city kid struggling to adjust to life in Okinawa, where he moved with his sister and new brother-in-law. But to his only friend Matori, he’s a bona fide prince. Feeling out of place at home, Mugi runs away to Matori’s house and learns about legendary mermaids who will grant you one wish—if you can make it to them alive. This moving new compilation by Kaori Ozaki (author of the gods lie. and The Golden Sheep) also features “Ametsukigahara,” a short story about a young girl trying to navigate the complicated emotions that come with growing apart from friends, and “One Snowy Day,” a tale of a librarian who encounters an unusual father and son seeking shelter from an unforgiving winter whiteout.

In "Das Leben ist schön" thematisiert Kaori Ozaki Verluste, Versagen und Erinnerungen. Nichiko kehrt auf ihre Heimatinsel zurück und begegnet Chimaki, der ebenfalls mit seiner Vergangenheit kämpft. Gemeinsam suchen sie nach Lebensfreude trotz ihrer Herausforderungen. Eine kluge und intensive Erzählung über das echte Leben.

Das Leben ist schön – und voller Trauer und Wut. Über Verluste, den verpassten Moment, das eigene Versagen und das der anderen. Nichiko hat »ihr Päckchen zu tragen«, als sie beschließt auf ihre Heimatinsel zurückzukehren. Umspült von Erinnerungen an glückliche Kindertage mit ihrem geliebten Hund trifft sie auf Chimaki, der aus der Kindheit eine schwere Last mit sich trägt. Die beiden kommen sich näher... denn trotz allem wollen sie eines: Leben! Die »Our Summer Holiday«-Autorin Kaori Ozaki erzählt geschickt vom echten Leben: klug, leise, intensiv – und fröhlich!

Nach der berührenden Geschichte OUR SUMMER HOLIDAY erscheint mit MERMAID PRINCE das zweite Werk der Mangaka Kaori Ozaki in einer Neuedition bei Carlsen! Drei Geschichten zum Erwachsenwerden: Eine in Okinawa angesiedelte Coming-of-Age-Story um einen Jungen mit einem Faible für Meerjungfrauen. Eine weitere dreht sich um einen obdachlosen Vater mit seinem Sohn, der vor Schnee und Kälte Zuflucht in einer Bücherei sucht. Den Abschluss bildet eine wundervolle Freundschaftgeschichte um zwei Mädchen. Wie auch schon in OUR SUMMER HOLIDAY gelingt es Kaori Ozaki, junge Charaktere beim Erwachsenwerden sehr einfühlsam aufs Papier zu bannen. Feinsinnige Geschichten zwischen Alltagsmagie und großen Gefühlen. Ein Muss für alle Fans von Kaori Ozaki und Leser*innen von ORANGE. Weitere Informationen: - Drei Kurzgeschichten für Mangafans ab 12 Jahren - Sensible Darstellung junger Charaktere, die lange im Gedächtnis bleibt - Ansprechendes Format im Manga-Großtaschenbuch